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Re: Stellar

#11

Post by kolev » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:30 PM UTC

As it seems, the future of Bitcoin is Ripple.

Re: Stellar

#12

Post by wyager » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:31 PM UTC

100% pre-mined? No thanks.

People complain about the distribution of Bitcoin being imbalanced. This is 100x worse.

Re: Stellar

#13

Post by joyce » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:31 PM UTC

david_arcos wrote: post #9

> We are currently using Facebook as a verification method to avoid spam but hope to add other methods soon. We will not post on your Facebook. Mandatory connect to Facebook? No, thanks.

I am one of the folks working at Stellar. Yes, FB isn't a login method that will work for everyone. Today is just day 1; we plan on adding more methods soon.

Also, anyone can create an account/wallet without even registering your email. FB auth is only for the giveaway.

Re: Stellar

#14

Post by davidcollantes » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

coppolaemilio wrote: post #4

Damn, my open source project was named Stellar way before! http://stellar.evelend.com/

Your project doesn't seem to be related to this one.

Re: Stellar

#15

Post by david_arcos » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

joyce wrote: post #13

david_arcos wrote: post #9

> We are currently using Facebook as a verification method to avoid spam but hope to add other methods soon. We will not post on your Facebook. Mandatory connect to Facebook? No, thanks.

I am one of the folks working at Stellar. Yes, FB isn't a login method that will work for everyone. Today is just day 1; we plan on adding more methods soon. Also, anyone can create an account/wallet without even registering your email. FB auth is only for the giveaway.

Looking forward to it, thanks for your message.

Anyways, I just did the "Set up password recovery", and instead of getting 1.000 stellars it forces me again into FB.

Re: Stellar

#16

Post by loupeabody » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

Agh, the Stellar client requires a Facebook login to get a share of the initial batch. :/

Re: Stellar

#17

Post by joyce » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:37 PM UTC

wyager wrote: post #12

100% pre-mined? No thanks. People complain about the distribution of Bitcoin being imbalanced. This is 100x worse.

Hi, I work at Stellar. The FB auth is the first of several methods to receive stellars so we will add more methods soon.

Also, mining obviously has many benefits, but it's still limited to people who are highly technical and/or who have money to spend. We wanted to provide much broader access to digital currency, and so stellars will be given away for free at the click of a button.

To encourage transparency, anyone can see how many stellars have been given away here: https://www.stellar.org/stats/

Re: Stellar

#18

Post by jqueryin » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:38 PM UTC

Feel free to send me 1000 stellar in step 4 of the signup process. Username: corey. Had to be the first to ask :) Thanks in advance!

Re: Stellar

#19

Post by GregorStocks » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

I registered for this and got 5,000.999999 Stellars. Kinda curious about the 0.999999 part...

Re: Stellar

#20

Post by rwinn » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

Seems off that they give you 5000 "stellars" to access your Facebook friends list and photos...